Mindfulness is the gentle effort to be continuously present with experience.

Each decision we make, each action we take, is born out of an intention.

There is no need to have a deep understanding of Zen. Even though you read much Zen literature, you must read each sentence with a fresh mind.

Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.

The mind that sees its own nature becomes free from all extremes.

If I had any position, I would thereby have a flaw. But since I have no position, I alone am without flaw.

The greatest achievement is selflessness. The greatest worth is self-mastery.

Time passes unhindered. When we make mistakes, we cannot turn the clock back and try again. All we can do is use the present well.

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness.

When mindfulness becomes continuous, the distinction between the observer and the observed begins to break down.

The highest mantra is to be without deception. The highest medicine is to have few desires. The highest meditation is not to be attached.

The victorious ones have said that emptiness is the relinquishing of all views. Those who are possessed of the view of emptiness are said to be incurable.

The farther you enter into truth, the deeper it is.

Life is an art, and like perfect art it should be self-forgetting.

Many people think excitement is happiness... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

Our defilements are like tame tigers. If you feed them, they're tame. If you stop feeding them, they'll eat you up.

The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater our own sense of well-being becomes.

As surely as there is a voyage away, there is a journey home.

The dharma is not about collecting more beliefs but about becoming free from the power of belief itself.

When dharma fills your body and mind, you realize that something is missing.

Start from where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.

Change is possible because there is nothing inherently permanent about our disturbing emotions.

If it isn't good, let it die. If it doesn't die, make it good.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

The teaching is simple: act with kindness and compassion. If you cannot do this, at least try not to harm others.

The path of practice requires both faith and wisdom, both devotion and understanding.

Enlightenment is not the end of change but the end of resistance to change.

The time of the past becomes the present, the time of the present becomes the future, the time of the future becomes the present, and the time of the present becomes the past.

Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

People who study a lot but don't practice are like a ladle in a soup pot. It's in the soup every day, but it doesn't know the taste of the soup.